Hello everyone! I am in search of a strain of Salvini that has a high degree of red on females AND the males. With all the Super Red strains of different cichlids I thought it would be interesting to borrow that moniker for the title this thread as it seems descriptive of what I am trying to track down. I have raised a few different strains of this beautiful fish over the years but have not been able to find some with a very high degree of red in both females AND the males.
I found an on-line article by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas that I have referred back to many times for these beautiful fish.
http://www.cichlidae.com/article.php?id=109
In his article he also shows a picture with a male and female showing significant red and lists them as Cichlasoma' salvini in Rio Chacamax, Usumacinta, at Nututun, Chiapas, México
Also searching the internet I found some amazing looking salvini in YouTube videos of the Rio Chacamax strain that people are raising in Europe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOzfvblxuSw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqQ5EzIU_bo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXDDd4-zfAA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu1hYyjIlwg
I have contacted several of the well known suppliers of Central American cichlids here in the USA and have not gotten any solid leads on where to acquire some Salvini from these strains that have a very high degree of red in them.
I am reaching out to the knowledgeable folks on this forum to see if anyone knows of a source for these strains of Salvini. Anyone here in the USA raising these? Anyone know of a source for these in the USA? Any help you could provide in pointing me to a domestic source for these fish would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Patrick
I found an on-line article by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas that I have referred back to many times for these beautiful fish.
http://www.cichlidae.com/article.php?id=109
In his article under the general description heading he mentions the following:
General description
'C.' salvini is not a big fish. The maximum size I have seen in adult males is 18 cm (seven inches) with females being no larger than 14 cm (5½ inches). The females' smaller size doesn't make them less beautiful. Quite the contrary, females are more beautifully adorned by Nature. They have the brightest colors in the ventral and dorsal areas, which are decorated with a bright and attractive red color fluctuating in intensity and size depending on the geographical variant. In contrast, the males' belly color normally just show a hint of this beautiful red color. They share with the females a bright yellow base coloration but have beautiful blue highlights on the back above the lateral line and blue streaks on the head. Males from the Candelaria River in México are an exception to this rule and are as beautifully colored as the females, with intense and extended red belly coloration. Females can be easily differentiated from the males on the basis of a blue-edged black blotch on the middle part of the dorsal fin.
General description
'C.' salvini is not a big fish. The maximum size I have seen in adult males is 18 cm (seven inches) with females being no larger than 14 cm (5½ inches). The females' smaller size doesn't make them less beautiful. Quite the contrary, females are more beautifully adorned by Nature. They have the brightest colors in the ventral and dorsal areas, which are decorated with a bright and attractive red color fluctuating in intensity and size depending on the geographical variant. In contrast, the males' belly color normally just show a hint of this beautiful red color. They share with the females a bright yellow base coloration but have beautiful blue highlights on the back above the lateral line and blue streaks on the head. Males from the Candelaria River in México are an exception to this rule and are as beautifully colored as the females, with intense and extended red belly coloration. Females can be easily differentiated from the males on the basis of a blue-edged black blotch on the middle part of the dorsal fin.
In his article he also shows a picture with a male and female showing significant red and lists them as Cichlasoma' salvini in Rio Chacamax, Usumacinta, at Nututun, Chiapas, México
Also searching the internet I found some amazing looking salvini in YouTube videos of the Rio Chacamax strain that people are raising in Europe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOzfvblxuSw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqQ5EzIU_bo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXDDd4-zfAA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu1hYyjIlwg
I have contacted several of the well known suppliers of Central American cichlids here in the USA and have not gotten any solid leads on where to acquire some Salvini from these strains that have a very high degree of red in them.
I am reaching out to the knowledgeable folks on this forum to see if anyone knows of a source for these strains of Salvini. Anyone here in the USA raising these? Anyone know of a source for these in the USA? Any help you could provide in pointing me to a domestic source for these fish would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Patrick
